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Many Gameweek 34 Free Hit picks will be in action in the 3pm BST kick-offs, with four Premier League matches getting underway:

Newcastle United’s starting XI is finally changed after seven matches but it’s not Jacob Murphy or Harvey Barnes making way. Those two wingers start again as Anthony Gordon has to make do with substitute duty once more.

Eddie Howe’s one alteration is actually an enforced one, as Joelinton misses out with a knee issue. Joe Willock replaces him.

Fabian Schar is fit to start, while Sven Botman is named on the Magpies’ bench after recovering from injury.

Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna is the busiest boss of the afternoon, making four changes.

Luke Woolfenden, Cameron Burgess, Jack Taylor and Liam Delap come in, with George Hirst and Jens Cajuste dropping to the bench. Leif Davis is suspended and Axel Tuanzebe is unexpectedly absent.

The Tractor Boys do at least have Omari Hutchinson back among the substitutes.

Fulham are also facing a member of the bottom three in the shape of Southampton, who have Ross Stewart starting for the first time in six months. He replaces the absent Paul Onuachu.

The Cottagers themselves are without Antonee Robinson, while Sasa Lukic is demoted to substitute duty.

Willian and Harry Wilson return to an attacking-looking starting line-up, with Ryan Sessegnon presumably dropping back to left-back to cover for Robinson.

At Molineux, Jose Sa and Matt Doherty are fit enough to return to join Matheus Cunha and co in Wolverhampton Wanderers’ starting XI.

Dan Bentley and Santiago Bueno are the unfortunate men to make way.

Facundo Buonanotte replaces the injured Stephy Mavididi in Leicester City’s only change.

Finally, at the Amex, there are three alterations apiece.

Two of Brighton and Hove Albion’s changes are enforced as Jan Paul van Hecke is injured and Joao Pedro is suspended. Yankuba Minteh also drops to the bench.

Solly March, Simon Adingra and Yasin Ayari get recalls but Kaoru Mitoma again has to make do with substitute duty. Joel Veltman and Tariq Lamptey are on the bench after recovering from injury.

For the Hammers, Niclas Fullkrug, Carlos Soler and Vladimir Coufal drop to the bench.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tomas Soucek and Konstantinos Mavropanos replace them.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Hinshelwood, Dunk, Baleba, Estupinan, Wieffer, Ayari, O’Riley, March, Adingra, Welbeck.

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Gruda, Cashin, Minteh, Mitoma, Gomez, Veltman, Tasker.

West Ham United XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Mavropanos, Emerson, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen.

Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Soler, Coufal, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Irving.


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Bruno Guimaraes, Tonali, Willock, Murphy, Isak, Barnes

Subs: Dubravka, Ruddy, Botman, Wilson, Gordon, Krafth, Osula, Longstaff, Miley.

Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, O’Shea, Woolfenden, Burgess, Greaves, Morsy, J Taylor, Johnson, Enciso, Clarke, Delap.

Subs: Walton, Chaplin, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Luongo, Hirst, Godfrey, Boniface, T Taylor.


Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning, Fernandes, Sulemana, Stewart.

Subs: McCarthy, Aribo, Smallbone, Bree, Wood, Archer, Dibling, Welington, Robinson.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon, Berge, Pereira, Willian, Wilson, Iwobi, Jimenez.

Subs: Benda, Reed, Cairney, Traore, Vinicius, Cuenca, Lukic, Castagne, Smith Rowe.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Semedo, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Andre, Joao Gomes, Munetsi, Cunha, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Bueno, Hwang, R Gomes, Sarabia, Forbs, Bellegarde, Guedes, Djiga, Bentley.

Leicester City XI: Hermansen, Ricardo, Faes, Coady, Thomas, Ndidi, Soumare, El Khannouss, De Cordova Reid, Buonanotte, Vardy.

Subs: Justin, Okoli, Kristiansen, Skipp, McAteer, Monga, Ayew, Daka, Stolarczyk.



  1. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Sa on my bench lol

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Same lol

  2. dunts1
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    OMG Sa!

  3. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Andy LTFPL in dreamland

    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      All you can eat buffet?

  4. Vazza
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Screw this game!!!!

  5. The Red Devil
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Was certain someone gonna get a pen save! Didn't think it'd be sa

  6. Thiga
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    SA!!!

  7. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Sa, RAN and Cunha are cooking on FH34!

  8. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    iwobiiiii assistinhooo

  9. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    DW everyone, no serious players have Sa

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Not true

  10. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Iwobi on my bench

  11. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    SAAAAAAAAA

  12. just a man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Holy smokes Sa

  13. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Would love a Bowen goal right now

  14. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Cunha, Sa, RAN dreamland

    1. Thiga
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Might need to get a Wolves jersey at this point

    2. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      congrats

  15. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    And here I am with bloody Leno in goal. Sa made a few drafts too 🙁

  16. Babit1967
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Sa to Leno late call in FH sums up the season for me.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Got both, played the right one 🙂

      1. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        You would haha

      2. Babit1967
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        Well played

  17. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Sa you beauty!!!

  18. Bluetiger1
    • 3 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Anyone taking a punt on Southampton players against Leicester next week

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Nope

  19. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    In the midst of all this, Raul Jimenez yellow card.

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Lol

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      LOOOL. HE CAN GET LOST

  20. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Did some last minute changes on FH before the deadline today.

    Sa Trippier and Kluivert for Pope, TAA and Palmer.

    I need this season to end now

  21. TAnderson
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 7 days ago

    On Sofascore, I see injuries listed for Buonanotte and De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City). Does anyone know how serious these injuries are?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Try your site instead.

  22. Superflymonk
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Andy called the Sa pen save Vardy miss on his stream!

    1. Vazza
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      He did

    2. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      True

  23. DeSelby
    • 3 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Vardy cheat. That's what you get, chump.

  24. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    So many close margins.

    Leno over Sa
    Liveramento over Trippier

  25. Bees4Lyf
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Dat guy Welbz needs to get involved this afternoon

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Got caught offside

  26. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    If you own Sa go buy a lottery ticket because wow you're lucky

  27. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Isak subbed

  28. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Barnes off this time, along with Isak

  29. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Cunha (c), Ait-Nouri, Murphy, Isak, Bowen, Livramento. Off to a good start.

  30. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Thankfully stuck with Sa on FH